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@timothyandrew
timothyandrew / README.md
Last active December 16, 2023 17:05
Set up a seedbox (on DigitalOcean – Ubuntu) really quick

Introduction

  • This script lets you set up and use a temporary DigitalOcean droplet to download torrent files.
  • Once downloaded, they can be streamed down to your local machine.
  • This uses transmission-cli for the torrent client, and nginx to serve files.

Setup on Local Machine

  • This assumes that you have a DigitalOcean account and tugboat set up, as well as seedbox-setup.sh present in the current directory.
@austinhappel
austinhappel / how-to-connect-an-iOS-device-to-your-computer-using-SOCKS.md
Last active September 25, 2023 22:56
How to connect an iOS device to your computer via a SOCKS proxy. Say you're running a virtual machine on your work computer. Say this machine, for whatever reason, can only connect to the internet over NAT - as in, it does not get it's own IP address. Say this VM is running a webserver, and you need a device outside of your computer to connect t…

How to connect an iOS device to your computer via a SOCKS proxy

Say you're running a virtual machine on your work computer. Say this machine, for whatever reason, can only connect to the internet over NAT - as in, it does not get it's own IP address. Say this VM is running a webserver, and you need a device outside of your computer to connect to it.

If only there was a way to get your work computer to 'share' it's network, so that you could get at that VM… Here's how you do it!

For all instructions, I assume your work computer is a mac

  1. Get your computer's IP address:
@dabrahams
dabrahams / launchd.org
Last active March 15, 2025 16:14
Notes on Apple's under-documented launchd

Notes on Apple’s Under-Documented LaunchD

Start triggers fire regardless of other conditions

For example, StartOnMount=true will cause the job to start when anything is mounted even if other conditions, e.g. QueueDirectories, say the job should not run

Rhythm of repeating jobs

The StartInterval timer begins ticking at the moment the plist is loaded. If something like QueueDirectories is preventing the job from

@simX
simX / hidpi.txt
Created July 28, 2012 04:58
Enable HiDPI mode in Mountain Lion w/o Quartz Debug
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool YES;
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionDisabled;
// by the way, you need to logout and log back in for this to take effect. Or at least that's what
// Quartz Debug says. Who knows, maybe it's lying?
// P.S. Go to [Apple menu --> System Preferences --> Displays --> Display --> Scaled] after logging
// back in, and you'll see a bunch of "HiDPI" resolutions in the list to choose from.
@sekati
sekati / xcode-build-bump.sh
Created July 24, 2012 20:44
Xcode Auto-increment Build & Version Numbers
# xcode-build-bump.sh
# @desc Auto-increment the build number every time the project is run.
# @usage
# 1. Select: your Target in Xcode
# 2. Select: Build Phases Tab
# 3. Select: Add Build Phase -> Add Run Script
# 4. Paste code below in to new "Run Script" section
# 5. Drag the "Run Script" below "Link Binaries With Libraries"
# 6. Insure that your starting build number is set to a whole integer and not a float (e.g. 1, not 1.0)